How do you answer 'What contributions can you make to this company' in a job interview?

You simply need to lay out what your most powerful and valuable contributions are, and how they apply to this company on a personal level, financial level and business level. The interviewer wants to know how good of an investment you are for this company. First, you must tailor your answer to the specific job, and even to the specific company.

For example, a Registered Nurse (R.N.) could make one type of contributions to a hospital, but could make equally important but different contributions to a nursing home. Both use the same or overlapping skills, but the focus may differ. Second, the only way you can talk about how you "can contribute" (e.g. "what I can give or do for") to a job or to an employer/company is by knowing your strengths, weaknesses, skills, and future goals.

Take time to list all your positive skills, and your weaknesses -- put one list on the right side of a paper and the other list on the left side. Make about 10 Xerox copies of this strengths-weaknesses list. Third, do some homework about the company before your interview.

Let's say Company A is expanding; they need workers that help them grow toward the company's goals. You should know at least 1 current goal each company has for their own future. If nothing else, search for their website and read their Mission Statement.

Fourth, no one can give you a formula for how to answer interview questions. But before you go to each interview, look at your strengths-weakness list. Pick at the most 3 different strengths you are positive you have and be prepared with an example of how you have used those strengths.

Also, circle 2 "weaknesses" that you have worked on in some way and have improved--even a little. Think of how you can put each weakness into an example that shows that you are aware enough to learn from that weakness. Or, how you recognize a "weakness" is a positive.

Here is an example of what NOT to say about a weakness: "Well, one of my weaknesses is I love to stay up late watching movies-you know the ones on Oldies4 TV Station. (laughs) It's gotten so bad, my mom has to wake me up. Yep!

If mom hadn't woken me up today I would've rolled in here about noon." A better way to present a potential weakness might be: "I realized a few years ago that I'm very focused when I'm working with many details; I seem to work well with organizing, indexing, finding discrepancies, etc. But I know I must pull back as well to see the whole picture and not just parts of a situation. So that's what I've been practicing for the last couple years: being able to see the details without losing the details.

Although you will focus on your strengths and what you can contribute (give/ do) for the company, don't be surprised if the interviewer asks about flaws, faults, mistakes, weaknesses, and even bad behavior. If you made a mistake in another job and can show how that event taught you a positive skill, use the example, making sure to clearly tell how you are a better employee after making that mistake. "Contributions" Describe specific examples of how effective you have been in your other positions, change you have implemented, and goals you have achieved.

Talk about the depth and breadth of related experience that you have. Think of it as how you would apply your strength and how it would apply to better the operation of the company. Talk about your skills and how you will use them to achieve the company's goals.

Talk about your competence, loyalty, and determination and how you will achieve the company's expectations.

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